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Heliophila abrotanifolia

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Name

Identification
Heliophila abrotanifolia DC. [family BRASSICACEAE ] Heliophila carnosa (Thunb.) Steud. [family BRASSICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Marais,W., 1964
Related name
  • Heliophila carnosa
  • Heliophila abrotanifolia

Flora

Entry for HELIOPHILA abrotanifolia [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 19, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
HELIOPHILA abrotanifolia [family CRUCIFERAE], Herb. Banks.;—DC. Prod. 2. 690. E. & Z. No. 87. Sond., l. c. p. 244. t. 28. f. 1.
HELIOPHILA chamæmelifolia E. & Z. [family CRUCIFERAE], 86 & 88.
HELIOPHILA crithmifolia E. & Z. [family CRUCIFERAE], 86 & 88.
Information
suffruticulose, glabrous; pods linear, spreading; leaves 3–5 lobed, the lobes subulate, short; stem scapelike, nearly leafless. Several stems from the same crown, a foot or more high, simple or branching. Leaves crowded below, erect, rigid, brittle when dry, filiform, some few undivided, the majority lobed; lobes 2–4 lines long, acute; petiole 1–2 inches long, Fruit pedicels 6 lines long. Petals lilac or flesh-coloured, 3 1/2 lines long. Pods 15–20 lines long, 1 1/2 lines wide, compressed, one-nerved, with a short style.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Swartland, Thunberg. Mts. near Capetown. Langhoogde, Caledon; Vanstaadensberg, Uitenhage. Grahamstown and Fish R., E. & Z. Nieuwe Hantam, 4–5000f. Drege, 7564. γ. Hassagaiskloof, Zeyher, No. 1801. Feb.-Oct. (Herb. Thunb. Sond ., T.C.D.)

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